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| Audubon, John James |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Au·du·bon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô d -b n , -bn |
| DATES: | 1785–1851 |
| Haitian-born American ornithologist and artist whose extensive observations of eastern North American avifauna led to the publication of The Birds of America (1827–1838), a collection of his engravings that is considered a classic work in ornithology and American art.
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